Description
Homemade peach iced tea is healthy summer drink — refreshing, peachy, sweet, and perfect. It's loaded with real fruit and vitamins and easy to make.
Ingredients
- 3 ripe peaches, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 7 1/2 cups water, divided
- 1 1/2 tablespoons loose leaf tea (or 2 tea bags), black or green tea
- ice cubes (optional, for serving)
- peach slices (optional, for serving)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine peaches, sugar and 1.5 cups of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes. Every 5 minutes, stir and crush the peaches into the mixture.
- Transfer the peach mixture into a blender and puree until smooth. Pour the peach puree through a sieve or fine mesh strainer to strain out any clumps. Transfer into a large pitcher and set aside.
- Bring the remaining 6 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat, add the tea and brew according to package directions (approximately 4-5 minutes). Once brewed, strain out the tea leaves or remove the tea bags and transfer the tea to the pitcher. Stir to combine and refrigerate until cool, about 20 minutes.
- Once cool, give the mixture a quick stir, add ice cubes and peach slices and serve!
Notes
Adjust the sweetness: This recipe makes a sweet iced tea. If you like a more of an unsweetened iced tea, you can leave it completely out or add in less.
Make stronger iced tea: For a stronger iced tea, add in an extra 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of loose leaf tea, or an extra tea bag when you are steeping it in hot water.
Make a different flavor: You can substitute the peaches with any fruit that you want to make to make a different flavor of fruit ice tea.
How to store: Store fresh homemade iced tea in a sealed pitcher or airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
How to freeze: You can also freeze homemade peach iced tea. Transfer the fresh iced tea to an airtight container or pour into ice cube molds. Once frozen, transfer the cubes to a freezer bag for easy storing. You can freeze it for up to 6 months.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cooling Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American